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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese largueza: from largo (“generous, broad”) + -eza.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard) /laɾˈɡeθa/
- IPA(key): (gheada) /laɾˈħeθa/
- IPA(key): (gheada and seseo) /laɾˈħesa/
Noun
largueza f (plural larguezas)
- largesse; generosity
- Antonym: avaricia
1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 88:et largueza cõtra avariçia, et omildade cõtra a soberbea, et castidade cõtra a luxuria- and largesse against avarice, and humbleness against haughtiness, and chastity against lust
- breadth
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “largueza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “largueza”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “largueza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “largueza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “largueza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
largueza f (plural larguezas)
- largess; generosity
- Synonym: generosidade
Spanish
Etymology
From largo + -eza.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /laɾˈɡeθa/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /laɾˈɡesa/
- Rhymes: -eθa
- Rhymes: -esa
- Syllabification: lar‧gue‧za
Noun
largueza f (plural larguezas)
- largesse, generosity
- Synonym: generosidad
- length (distance measured along the longest dimension of an object)
- Synonym: longitud
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